Historical Birthday
26 Feb 1361
Wenceslas of Bohemia Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)
26 Feb 1564
Christopher Marlowe English poet and dramatist (Dr Faustus) born in Canterbury England (d. 1593) baptism date
26 Feb 1671
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)
26 Feb 1672
Antoine Augustine Calmet French theologian (d. 1757)
26 Feb 1677
Nicola Fago Italian baroque composer born in Taranto (d. 1745)
26 Feb 1714
James Hervey English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)
26 Feb 1720
Gian Francesco Albani Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)
26 Feb 1725
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot French inventor who designed and built 1st automobile born in Void France (d. 1804) [or born September 25]
26 Feb 1746
Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria duchess of Piacenza (d. 1806)
26 Feb 1799
mile Clapeyron French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)
26 Feb 1808
Honor Daumier French painter illustrator and sculptor (d. 1879)
26 Feb 1808
Nathan Kelley American architect active mainly in Ohio (d. 1871)
26 Feb 1814
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville French geologist (d. 1876)
26 Feb 1824
Carlos Calvo Argentine diplomatpeople rights scholar (Calvo Clause)
26 Feb 1832
John George Nicolay German-American author (Abe Lincolns biographer) born in Essingen Rhenish Bavaria (d. 1901)
26 Feb 1835
Richard Andree German geography etnologist (Andrees Handatlas)
26 Feb 1841
Evelyn Baring earl Cromer English consul-general (Egypt)
26 Feb 1842
Camille Flammarion French astronomer Mars researcher and popularizer of astronomy born in Montigny-le-Roi Haute-Marne France (d. 1925)
26 Feb 1845
Alexander III St Petersburg Russian tsar (1881-94) (310 NS)
26 Feb 1846
William Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West hunter and showman (Buffalo Bills Wild West) born in Davenport Iowa (d. 1917)
26 Feb 1852
John Harvey Kellogg surgeon inspired flaked cereal industry
26 Feb 1857
Emile Cou French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)
26 Feb 1858
Vladimir Serbsky Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917)
26 Feb 1861
Ferdinand I 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18) born in Vienna Austria
26 Feb 1867
Siegfried Passarge German geographer (CameroonSo AfrAmerica)
26 Feb 1869
Nadezjda K Krupskaja Russian revolutionarywife of Lenin
26 Feb 1874
Carl Vogler Swiss composer born in Oberrohrdorf (d. 1958)
26 Feb 1875
Emma Dunn British actress (Dr Monica Dr Kildares Strange Case Hideaway) born in Birkenhead Cheshire (d. 1966)
26 Feb 1876
Agustn Pedro Justo President of Argentina (1932-38) during the Infamous Decade born in Concepcin del Uruguay Entre Ros (d. 1943)
26 Feb 1876
Pauline Musters smallest man (111.2 (58.9 cm))
26 Feb 1877
Carel S Adama van Scheltema Dutch poetwriter (socialism)
26 Feb 1879
Frank Bridge English violinistcomposerconductortutor of B Britten
26 Feb 1880
Lionel Logue Australian speech therapist who treated King George VI (The Kings Speech) born in Adelaide (d. 1953)
26 Feb 1882
Walter Lucht German artillery general (WW IWW II)
26 Feb 1883
Erich R Jaensch German psychologist (eidetism)
26 Feb 1884
Dina Appeldoorn Dutch pianist and composer born in Rotterdam the Netherlands (d. 1938)
26 Feb 1885
Lili Green [Alice Sally Mary] NethEng dancer
26 Feb 1885
Aleksandras Stulginskis President of Lithuania (d. 1969)
26 Feb 1887
Benegal Narsing Rau India President of UN Security Council (1950)
26 Feb 1887
Grover Cleveland Alexander HOF baseball pitcher (Phillies Cubs)
26 Feb 1891
Alan Bridge PA actor (North of Arizona Badmen of the Hills)
26 Feb 1893
Ivor A I A Richards English poetcritic (Meaning of Meaning) [NS]
26 Feb 1893
William Frawley American actor (I Love Lucy My 3 Sons) born in Burlington Iowa (d. 1966)
26 Feb 1896
Andrei A Zjdanov Russian politician (against kosmopolitism)
26 Feb 1899
Max Petitpierre member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994)
26 Feb 1900
Jean Negulesco Romanian-American film director (How to Marry a Millionaire) born in Craiova Dolj (d. 1993)
26 Feb 1902
Rudolf Moralt German conductor (Vienna Philharmonic)
26 Feb 1902
Vercors [Jean Bruller] French writer (Le Silence de la Mer)
26 Feb 1903
Giulio Natta Italian chemist Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
26 Feb 1906
Madeleine Carroll British actress (39 Steps Secret Agent) born in West Bromwich West Midlands England (d. 1987)
26 Feb 1906
Nikos Ghika Greek artist born in Athens (d. 1994)
26 Feb 1907
Dub Taylor [Walter Clarence Taylor Jr] American character actor (Gunsmoke) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1994)
26 Feb 1908
Jean-Pierre Wimille French race car driver (d. 1949)
26 Feb 1909
Phyllis Fanny Primrose-Pechey Cradock TV Chef
26 Feb 1911
Tar Okamoto Japanese avant-garde artist (d. 1996)
26 Feb 1913
George G Barker English poet (Calamiterror Anno Domini)
26 Feb 1913
Hermann Lenz German writer (Swabian Chronicle) born in Stuttgart (d. 1998)
26 Feb 1914
Robert Alda American actor (Supertrain By Popular Demand) born in NYC New York (d. 1986)
26 Feb 1915
Elisabeth Eybers South AfrDutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses)
26 Feb 1915
Pran Nath Chhuttani Indian physician and teacher born in Leiah Pakistan (d. 1996)
26 Feb 1916
Jackie Gleason American comedian (Jackie Gleason Show Honeymooners) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1987)
26 Feb 1916
Ross Gregory cricketer (Australian batsman 1936-37 died in WW II)
26 Feb 1918
Edwin Charles Preacher Roe baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)
26 Feb 1918
Otis R Bowen US Sec of Health & Human Services (1985-89)
26 Feb 1918
Theodore Sturgeon American sci-fi author (Hugo It Caviar) born in Staten Island New York (d. 1985)
26 Feb 1919
Beppie Nooij Dutch actress and director (Red Sien Zeemansvrouwen) born in Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands (d. 1979)
26 Feb 1919
Mason Adams American actor (Lou Grant Deadliest Season) born in NYC New York (d. 2005)
26 Feb 1919
Rie Mastenbroek Dutch swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 1936) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 2003)
26 Feb 1920
A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek Neth swimmer (Olympics 3 gold-1936)
26 Feb 1920
Tony Randall [Leonard Rosenberg] American actor (Felix-Odd Couple) born in Tulsa Oklahoma (d. 2004)
26 Feb 1920
Danny Gardella American baseball player (d. 2005)
26 Feb 1920
Lucjan Wolanowski Polish journalist writer and traveller (d. 2006)
26 Feb 1920
Azzedine Alaa Tunisian-born fashion designer born in Tunis Tunisia
26 Feb 1921
Betty Hutton [Elizabeth June Thornburg] American actress dancer singer and comedian (Greatest Show on Earth) born in Battle Creek Michigan (d. 2007)
26 Feb 1922
Bill Johnston cricket pace bowler (mighty Australian lefty post-war)
26 Feb 1922
Margaret Leighton British actress (The Go-Between The Night of the Iguana) born in Birmingham England (d. 1976)
26 Feb 1924
Mark Bucci American composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award) born in NYC New York
26 Feb 1926
Cynthia Stone American actress (That Wonderful Guy Ad Libbers) born in Peoria Illinois (d. 1988)
26 Feb 1926
Konstantin P Feoktistov Voronezh cosmonaut (Voskhod 1)
26 Feb 1927
Donald Gramm bass-baritone born in Milwaukee Wisconsin
26 Feb 1927
Tom Kennedy quiz host (You Dont Say Name That Tune) born in Louisville Kentucky
26 Feb 1928
Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 7 16)
26 Feb 1928
Monique Leyrac French Canadian singer and actress (Lights of My City Act of the Heart) born in Montreal Quebec
26 Feb 1928
Ariel Sharon Israeli general and politician Prime Minister of Israel (2001-2006) born at Kfar Malal (d. 2014)
26 Feb 1930
Lazar Berman Leningrad Russia pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956)
26 Feb 1931
Robert D Novak news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak) born in Joliet Illinois
26 Feb 1931
Ally MacLeod Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)
26 Feb 1933
Godfrey Cambridge American actor (Cotton comes to Harlem) born in NYC New York
26 Feb 1933
James Goldsmith corporate raider (Referendum Party) born in Paris France
26 Feb 1934
Ron Gaunt cricketer (Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s)
26 Feb 1936
Manmohan Desai Indian filmmaker (Amar Akbar Anthony Suhaag) born in Bombay British India (d. 1994)
26 Feb 1936
Cyrus Faryar American folk musician songwriter and record producer (Modern Folk Quartet) born in Tehran Persia
26 Feb 1937
Hagood Hardy Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997)
26 Feb 1938
Jack Knight Somerville Miss actor (Mr Shamley-James at 15)
26 Feb 1938
Evagoras Pallikarides Cypriot freedom fighter born in Tsada Cyprus (d. 1957)
26 Feb 1939
Josephine Tewson English actress born in Hampstead United Kingdom
26 Feb 1941
Keith Thomson New Zealand cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v India 1968) born in Methven New Zealand
26 Feb 1942
Adriaan van Dis Dutch author (Nathan Sid In Africa) born in Bergen aan Zee Netherlands
26 Feb 1943
Bill Duke American actor (Bird on a Wire Predator) born in Poughkeepsie New York
26 Feb 1943
Bob Bear Hite American vocalist (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country) born in Torrance California (d. 1981)
26 Feb 1943
Bob van Reeth Flemish architect born in Temse Belgium
26 Feb 1943
Paul Cotton American rocker (Poco) born in Los Angeles California
26 Feb 1943
Dante Ferretti Italian art director & costume designer born in Macerata Italy
26 Feb 1944
Marilyn Michaels American comedian (ABC Comedy Hour) born in New York City
26 Feb 1945
Mitch Ryder American rocker (& Detroit Wheels-Devil With the Blue Dress) born in Hamtramck Michigan
26 Feb 1945
Peter Brock Australian motorsports champion born in Richmond Australia (d. 2006)
26 Feb 1945
Giannis Ioannidis Greek basketball coach & politician born in Thessaloniki Greece
26 Feb 1946
Bobby Bingo Smith American NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers) born in Memphis Tennessee
26 Feb 1946
Phyllis Eisenstein American sci-fi author (Sorcerers Son Born to Exile) born in Chicago Illinois
26 Feb 1946
Ahmed Zewail Egyptian-American chemist & Nobel laureate (1999) born in Damanhur Egypt (d. 2016)
26 Feb 1947
Sandie Shaw [Sandra Goodrich] English rocker (Girl Dont Come) born in Essex England
26 Feb 1948
Priscilla Lopez American actress (In the Beginning Kay OBrien) born in the Bronx New York
26 Feb 1949
Emma Kirkby English soprano born in Surrey England
26 Feb 1949
Elizabeth George American novelist born in Warren Ohio
26 Feb 1950
Jonathan Cain American rock guitarist & keyboardist (Journey Babys) born in Chicago Illinois
26 Feb 1953
Bree Walker American news anchor (WNBC TV KNBC TV) born in Oakland California
26 Feb 1953
Michael Bolton American rock vocalist (Thats What Love Is All About) born in New Haven Connecticut
26 Feb 1954
John Bolger American actor (Capt Gabe McNamara-Another World) born in New York City
26 Feb 1954
Recep Tayyip Erdoan Prime Minister of Turkey born in Kasmpaa Istanbul
26 Feb 1955
Rupert Keegan English Formula One racing car driver born in Essex England
26 Feb 1956
Keisuke Kuwata Japanese singer born in Chigasaki Japan
26 Feb 1957
Connie Carpenter-Phinney 79k cyclist (Olympic gold 1984) born in Madison Wisconsin
26 Feb 1957
Keena Rothhammer American 800m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1972) born in Little Rock Arkansas
26 Feb 1957
David Muldrow Beasley American politician born in Darlington South Carolina
26 Feb 1958
Jeff Fithian American actor (Trevor Nash-Please Dont Eat the Daisies) born in Van Nuys California
26 Feb 1958
Joe Fithian American actor (Tracey Nash-Please Dont Eat the Daisies) born in Van Nuys California
26 Feb 1958
Susan J. Helms Mjr USAFAstronaut (STS 54 64 78) born in Charlotte North Carolina
26 Feb 1958
Karen Berger American comic book editor born in New York City
26 Feb 1958
Michel Houellebecq French novelist born in Saint-Pierre Runion
26 Feb 1958
Greg Germann American actor born in Houston Texas
26 Feb 1958
Tim Kaine US Senator (D-Vir) and 2016 Democratic nominee for Vice President born in Saint Paul Minnesota
26 Feb 1959
Rolando Blackman American basketball player born in Panama City Panama
26 Feb 1960
Jaz Coleman British musician (Killing Joke) born in Cheltenham United Kingdom
26 Feb 1962
Dave Palone American harness racing trainer & driver (US Pacing Triple Crown 1996 2005) born in Waynesburg Pennsylvania
26 Feb 1962
Sheila Cornell American softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996) born in Los Angeles California
26 Feb 1964
Mark Dacascos American actor & martial artist born in Honolulu Hawaii
26 Feb 1965
Alison Armitage English actress (Acapulco HEAT) born in London England
26 Feb 1965
Donald Narcisse American CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders) born in Port Arthur Texas
26 Feb 1965
Matt Jackson Canadian golfer (1994 Payless) born in Birmingham Michigan
26 Feb 1966
Jennifer Grant American actress (Celeste-Beverly Hills 90210) born in Burbank California
26 Feb 1966
Wesley Walls American NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers SF 49ers New Orleans Saints) born in Batesville Mississipi
26 Feb 1966
Najwa Karam Lebanese singer born in Zahl Lebanon
26 Feb 1967
David Howard American baseball infielder (KC Royals) born in Sarasota Florida
26 Feb 1967
Roman Fortin American NFL center (Atlanta Falcons) born in Columbus Ohio
26 Feb 1967
Scott Service American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds) born in Cincinnati Ohio
26 Feb 1967
Currie Graham Canadian actor born in Hamilton Canada
26 Feb 1968
Chris Green American NFL safety (Buffalo Bills) born in Lawrenceburg Indiana
26 Feb 1968
J. T. Snow American baseball infielder (NY Yankees California Angels) born in Long Beach California
26 Feb 1968
Leif Rohlin Swedish NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks) born in Vasteras Sweden
26 Feb 1968
Tim Commerford American bass player (Rage Against the Machine) born in Irvine California
26 Feb 1969
Brandon Wilson American baseball infielder (Chicago White Sox) born in Gaborone Botswana
26 Feb 1969
Hitoshi Sakimoto Japanese composer born in Tokyo Japan
26 Feb 1970
Ben Maruquin American field hockey sweeper (Olympics 1996) born in Ventura California
26 Feb 1970
Katie ONeill American actress (Together We Stand) born in Los Angeles California
26 Feb 1970
Meeno Peluce Dutch actor (Bad News Bears) born in Amsterdam Netherlands
26 Feb 1875
Richard Wetz German composer (Requiem Op. 50 in B minor) born in Gleiwitz Upper Silesia (d. 1935)
26 Feb 1893
Ivor Armstrong Richards English literary critic (The Meaning of Meaning) born in Sandbach England (d. 1979)
26 Feb 1900
Halina Konopacka Polish discus thrower (Olympic gold 1928) born in Rawa Mazowiecka Russian Empire (d. 1989)
26 Feb 1916
Mordecai Seter Israeli composer born in Novorossiysk Russia (d. 1994)
26 Feb 1922
Bunny Briggs [Bernard Briggs] American tap dancer born in Harlem New York (d. 2014)
26 Feb 1925
Everton Weekes West Indian cricket batsman (48 Tests 4455 runs 58.61 15 x 100s) born in Saint Michael Barbados
26 Feb 1926
Efran Snchez Colombian soccer goalkeeper (9 caps San Lorenzo) and manager (Columbia) born in Barranquilla Colombia (d. 2020)
26 Feb 1930
Vic Janowicz American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1950 Ohio State NFL Washington Redskins) born in Elyria Ohio (d. 1996)
26 Feb 1933
Godfrey Cambridge American actor (Cotton comes to Harlem) born in NYC New York (d. 1976)
26 Feb 1675
Johann Philipp Treiber German composer born in Arnstadt (d. 1727)
26 Feb 1746
Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria Duchess and de facto ruler of Parma daughter of Maria Therese of Austria and sister of Marie Antoinette born in Vienna (d. 1806)
26 Feb 1770
Antoine Reicha Czech born French composer and teacher friend of Beethoven born in Prague (d. 1836)
26 Feb 1772
Caspar Furstenau German flautist and composer born in Mnster (d. 1819)
26 Feb 1824
Carlos Calvo Argentine diplomat and human rights scholar (Calvo Clause)
26 Feb 1825
Hans Balatka Moravian conductor and composer who moved to America born in Hoffnungsthal (d. 1899)
26 Feb 1831
Filippo Marchetti Italian opera composer born in Bolognola (d. 1902)
26 Feb 1834
Aleksander Zarzycki Polish composer (Warsaw Music Society) born in Lviv Austria-Hungary (d. 1895)
26 Feb 1837
Charles Woeste Belgian count Minister of Justice born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1922)
26 Feb 1838
Wendelin Weiheimer German composer and conductor born in Osthofen (d. 1910)
26 Feb 1841
Evelyn Baring Earl of Cromer English consul-general in Egypt and writer (d. 1917)
26 Feb 1845
Alexander III Russian tsar (1881-94) born in the Winter Palace St Petersburg Russian Empire (310 NS)
26 Feb 1852
John Harvey Kellogg American surgeon and nutritionist inspired flaked cereal industry born in Tyrone Michigan (d. 1943)
26 Feb 1867
Siegfried Passarge German geographer (Cameroon South Africa born in Knigsberg Prussia (d. 1958) alternative birth date Nov 28 1866
26 Feb 1868
Leonard Borwick English concert pianist born in Walthamstow England (d. 1925)
26 Feb 1869
Nadezhda Krupskaya Russian revolutionary and wife of Vladimir Lenin born in St. Petersburg Russia (d. 1939)
26 Feb 1874
Carl Vogler Swiss composer born in Oberrohrdorf (d. 1951)
26 Feb 1876
Pauline Musters Dutch worlds smallest woman at 24 inches (61 cm) born in Ossendrecht Netherlands (d. 1895)
26 Feb 1877
Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema Dutch socialist poet born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1924)
26 Feb 1877
Russell Alexander American vaudeville composer and entertainer (Barnum & Bailey Circus Band) born in Nevada Missouri (d. 1915)
26 Feb 1879
Frank Bridge English violinist composer conductor and tutor of Benjamin Britten born in Brighton England (d. 1941)
26 Feb 1882
Husband E. Kimmel American admiral commander of the Pacific Fleet during Pearl Harbour Attack born in Henderson Kentucky (d. 1968)
26 Feb 1883
Erich R. Jaensch German psychologist (eidetism) born in Breslau German Empire (d. 1940)
26 Feb 1885
Lili Green [Alice Sally Mary] Dutch English dancer born in Bromley England (d. 1977)
26 Feb 1887
Benegal Narsing Rau Indian lawyer and civil servant President of UN Security Council (1950) helped draft Indias constitution born in Mangalore India (d. 1953)
26 Feb 1887
Grover Cleveland Alexander American baseball pitcher (Phillies Cubs) born in Elba Nebraska (d. 1950)
26 Feb 1888
Ida Cox (nee Prather) American blues singer and vaudeville performer born in Habersham County Georgia (d. 1967) [birth year disputed may be 1894 or 1896]
26 Feb 1891
Alan Bridge American actor (North of Arizona Badmen of the Hills) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1957)
26 Feb 1893
I. A. Richards English poet and influential critic (Meaning of Meaning) born in Sandbach England (d. 1979)
26 Feb 1896
Andrei A. Zjdanov Russian politician (against kosmopolitism)
26 Feb 1902
Vercors [Jean Bruller] French writer (Le Silence de la Mer)
26 Feb 1907
John Bowlby British psychologist born in London England (d. 1990)
26 Feb 1908
Tex Avery American cartoonist at Warner Bros MGM ( Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig) born in Taylor Texas (d. 1980)
26 Feb 1909
Fanny Cradock English TV Chef and food critic born in Leytonstone England (d. 1994)
26 Feb 1913
George Barker English poet (Calamiterror Anno Domini) born in Loughton England (d. 1991)
26 Feb 1914
Witold Rowicki Polish conductor and composer born in Taganrog (d. 1989)
26 Feb 1915
Elisabeth Eybers South African Dutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses)
26 Feb 1916
Ross Gregory Australian cricketer (Australian batsman 1936-37 died in WW II)
26 Feb 1917
Robert Taft Jr American politician (Sen-R-Ohio) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1993)
26 Feb 1918
Edwin Charles Preacher Roe American baseball pitcher (Brooklyn Dodgers) born in Ash Flat Arkansas (d. 2008)
26 Feb 1918
Otis Bowen American politician US Sec of Health & Human Services (1985-89) born in near Rochester Indiana (d. 2013)
26 Feb 1919
Luc-Andre Marcel French composer born in Entrecasteaux France (d. 1992)
26 Feb 1920
A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek Dutch swimmer (Olympics 3 gold-1936)
26 Feb 1922
Bill Johnston Australian cricket fastspin bowler (40 Tests 160 wickets 23.91 Victoria) born in Beeac Australia (d. 2007)
26 Feb 1922
Bunny Briggs [Bernard Briggs] American tap dancer born in Harlem New York (d. 2014)
26 Feb 1924
Noboru Takeshita Japanese PM (1987-89) born in Unnan Japan (d. 2000)
26 Feb 1925
Everton Weekes OBE West Indian cricket batsman (48 Tests 4455 runs 58.61 15 x 100s) born in Saint Michael Barbados (d. 2020)
26 Feb 1926
Arsene Souffriau Belgian pioneering electronic music composer born in Ixelles Belgium
26 Feb 1927
Donald Gramm American bass-baritone born in Milwaukee Wisconsin
26 Feb 1927
Tom Kennedy American quiz host (You Dont Say Name That Tune) born in Louisville Kentucky
26 Feb 1928
Aldonis Kalnins Latvian composer born in Uava parish Soviet Union
26 Feb 1930
Lazar Berman Russian pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956) born in Leningrad Russia
26 Feb 1931
Francisco Kroepfl Argentinian composer born in Timioara Romania
26 Feb 1931
Robert Novak the Prince of Darkness American political columnist and news show host (CNN-Evans & Novak) born in Joliet Illinois (d. 2009)
26 Feb 1935
Azzedine Alaa Tunisian-born fashion designer born in Tunis Tunisia (d. 2017)
26 Feb 1938
Jack Knight American actor (Mr Shamley-James at 15) born in Somerville Mississippi
26 Feb 1946
Colin Bell MBE English soccer midfielder (48 caps Manchester City 394 games) born in Hesleden England (d. 2021)
26 Feb 1949
Elizabeth George American novelist (Inspector Thomas Lynley mystery novels) born in Warren Ohio
26 Feb 1957
Joe Mullen American Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Stanley Cup 1989 Calgary Flames Pittsburgh Penguins 1991 92 NHL All Star 1988 89) born in NYC New York
26 Feb 1970
Sasha Danilovic Serbian NBA guard (Miami Heat) born in Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
26 Feb 1772
Caspar Frstenau German flautist and composer born in Mnster (d. 1819)
26 Feb 1875
Emma Dunn British-American stage silent and sound film actress (Dr. Monica Dr. Kildare (films) Hideaway) born in Birkenhead Cheshire (d. 1966)
26 Feb 1875
Richard Wetz German composer (Requiem Op. 50 in B minor) born in Gleiwitz Upper Silesia (now Gliwice Poland) (d. 1935)
26 Feb 1905
William Russell [Russell William Wagner] American violinist modern composer (Fugue for Eight Percussion Instruments) and musicologist (Oh Mister Jelly) born in Canton Missouri (d. 1992)
26 Feb 1909
Chauncey Haughton American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist (Blanche Calloway Chick Webb Cab Calloway) born in Chestertown Maryland (d. 1989)
26 Feb 1916
(John Herbert) Jackie Gleason American comedian (The Jackie Gleason Show The Honeymooners) actor (Requiem For A Heavyweight The Hustler) composer and conductor (Music for Lovers Only) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1987)
26 Feb 1925
Everton Weekes West Indian cricket batsman (48 Tests 4455 runs 58.61 15 x 100s) born in Saint Michael Barbados (d. 2020)
26 Feb 1925
Dave Pell American big band jazz saxophonist (Les Brown) bandleader (Dave Pell Octet) and record producer born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2017)
26 Feb 1926
Chris Anderson American jazz pianist (Charlie Parker Dinah Washington Charlie Haden) born in Chicago Illinois) (d. 2008)
26 Feb 1928
Aldonis Kalni Latvian composer born in Uava parish Soviet Union (now Latvia)
26 Feb 1928
Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 7 16) born in Davydovka USSR
26 Feb 1928
Monique Leyrac French Canadian singer and actress (Lights of My City Act of the Heart) born in Montreal Quebec
26 Feb 1930
Doug Sandom British drummer (The Who 1962-64) born inGreenford England (d. 2019)
26 Feb 1935
Dorval Rodrigues Brazilian soccer right winger (13 caps Santos FC SE Palmeiras) born in Porto Alegre Brazil (d. 2021)
26 Feb 1936
Cyrus Faryar Iranian-American folk musician songwriter and record producer (Modern Folk Quartet) born in Tehran Persia
26 Feb 1936
Jos Yudica Argentine soccer forward (4 caps Newells Old Boys Boca Juniors) and manager (Newells Old Boys Quilmes) born in Rosario Argentina (d. 2021)
26 Feb 1937
William Ferris American composer and conductor (William Ferris Chorale 1971-2000) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2000)
26 Feb 1942
Ysuke Yamashita Japanese jazz pianist and composer of jazz film scores and classical works born in Tokyo Japan
26 Feb 1946
Colin Bell English soccer midfielder (48 caps Manchester City 394 games) born in Hesleden England (d. 2021)
26 Feb 1947
Guy Klucevsek American jazz and free-improv accordionist and composer born in New York City
26 Feb 1949
Emma Kirkby British classical early music soprano born in Camberley Surrey England
26 Feb 1953
Michael Bolton [Bolotin] American rock (Blackjack) and pop songwriter and singer (How Am I Supposed to Live Without You) born in New Haven Connecticut
26 Feb 1956
Keisuke Kuwata Japanese pop singersongwriter and film score composer born in Chigasaki Japan
26 Feb 1960
(Jeremy) Jaz Coleman English rock singer keyboardist and record producer (Killing Joke) born in Cheltenham England
26 Feb 1966
Najwa Karam Lebanese singer-songwriter (Ma Bassmahlak) born in Zahl Lebanon
26 Feb 1361
Wenceslas IV of Bohemia the Idle King of Bohemia (1378-1419) and Germany (1376-1400) born in Nuremberg (d. 1419)
26 Feb 1587
Stefano Landi Italian opera composer (Il SantAlessio) and teacher born in Rome Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1639)
26 Feb 1717
John Randall British organist and hymn composer born in Cambridge England (d. 1799)
26 Feb 1808
Honor Daumier French caricaturist painter and sculptor born in Marseilles France (d. 1879) (or born 20 Feb)
26 Feb 1824
Carlos Calvo Argentine historian diplomat and human rights scholar (Calvo Clause) born in Buenos Aires Argentina (d. 1906)
26 Feb 1831
Filippo Marchetti Italian opera composer born in Bolognola Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1902)
26 Feb 1834
Aleksander Zarzycki Polish composer (Warsaw Music Society) born in Lviv Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) (d. 1895)
26 Feb 1835
Richard Andree German geographer and etnologist (Andrees Handatlas) born in Braunschweig Saxony (d. 1912)
26 Feb 1841
Evelyn Baring 1st Earl of Cromer British diplomat (Consul-General in Egypt 1883-1907) and writer born in Cromer Norfolk England (d. 1917)
26 Feb 1851
Mordecai Sherwin English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests 7 dismissals Nottinghamshire CCC) born in Kimberley England (d. 1910)
26 Feb 1857
Emile Cou French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) born in Troyes France (d. 1926)
26 Feb 1861
Ferdinand I 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1948)
26 Feb 1884
Hildo Krop Dutch modernistic sculptor born in Steenwijk Netherlands (d. 1970)
26 Feb 1887
Grover Cleveland Alexander American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1926 Chicago Cubs Triple Crown 1915 16 20 6 NL wins & strikeout leader Philadelphia Phillies) born in Elba Nebraska (d. 1950)
26 Feb 1893
(Ivor Armstrong) I. A. Richards British poet and influential critic (Meaning of Meaning) born in Sandbach England (d. 1979)
26 Feb 1893
William Frawley American vaudeville silent and sound screen actor (I Love Lucy - Fred My Three Sons - Bub Miracle on 34th Street) born in Burlington Iowa (d. 1966)
26 Feb 1896
Andrei Zjdanov Russian politician (against kosmopolitism) born in Mariupol Russian Empire (d. 1948)
26 Feb 1896
Eduard Flipse Dutch conductor and composer born in Wissenkerke Netherlands (d. 1973)
26 Feb 1898
Julien de Valckenaere Belgian poet born in Ghent Belgium (d. 1958)
26 Feb 1902
Rudolf Moralt German conductor (Vienna State Opera 1940-58)n born in Munich Germany (d. 1958)
26 Feb 1902
Vercors [Jean Bruller] French writer (Le Silence de la mer) born in Paris (d. 1991)
26 Feb 1908
Jean-Pierre Wimille French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1937 39 Bugatti T57) born in Paris France (d. 1949)
26 Feb 1908
Tex Avery American cartoonist at Warner Bros MGM (Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig) born in Taylor Texas (d. 1980)
26 Feb 1911
Josef Smrkovsk Czechoslovak communist politician born in Velenka Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1974)
26 Feb 1915
Elisabeth Eybers South African poet (That Woman & Other Verses) born in Klerksdorp Transvaal (d. 2007)
26 Feb 1916
Ross Gregory Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests 2 x 50 Victoria) born in Melbourne Australia (d. 1942)
26 Feb 1918
Preacher Roe American baseball pitcher (5 MLB All-Star Brooklyn Dodgers NL strikeout leader 1945 Pittsburgh Pirates) born in Ash Flat Arkansas (d. 2008)
26 Feb 1919
Rie Mastenbroek Dutch swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 100m freestyle 4x100m freestyle relay 400m freestyle 1936 silver 100m backstroke 1936) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 2003)
26 Feb 1922
(Bernard) Bunny Briggs American tap dancer born in Harlem New York (d. 2014)
26 Feb 1927
Donald Gramm American concert and opera bass-baritone born in Milwaukee Wisconsin (d. 1983)
26 Feb 1931
Ally MacLeod Scottish soccer manager (Scotland Ayr United Aberdeen Motherwell Airdrie Q of the South) and left wing (Blackburn Rovers Hibernian Third Lanark) born in Glasgow Scotland (d. 2004)
26 Feb 1933
George Tindley American soul singer and songwriter The Dreams The Red Caps) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
26 Feb 1934
Ron Gaunt Australian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests 7 wickets BB 353 WA Victoria) born in York Australia (d. 2012)
26 Feb 1937
Hagood Hardy American-Canadian jazz and easy listening pianist vibraphonist and film score composer (The Homecoming) born in Angola Indiana (d. 1997)
26 Feb 1939
Josephine Tewson British actress (Keeping Up Appearances Last Of The Summer Wine 2003-10) born in Hampstead England (d. 2022)
26 Feb 1941
Keith Thomson New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests 1 x 50 Canterbury) and field hockey centre-half (28 Tests Canterbury) born in Methven New Zealand (d. 2023)
26 Feb 1943
Bob Bear Hite American vocalist (Canned Heat - Going Up the Country) born in Torrance California (d. 1981)
26 Feb 1945
Giannis Ioannidis Greek basketball coach (12 Greek League Cship 6 Greek Cup winner GS Larissas Aris Olympiacos AEK Greece 198290) born in Thessaloniki Greece
26 Feb 1945
Jan Klijnjan Dutch soccer attacking midfielder (11 caps FC Dordrecht Sparta Rotterdam FC Sochaux) born in Papendrecht Netherlands (d. 2022)
26 Feb 1945
Mitch Ryder American rocker (Detroit Wheels - Devil With the Blue Dress) born in Hamtramck Michigan
26 Feb 1945
Peter Brock Australian auto racer (3 x Australian Touring Car Cship 9 x Bathurst 5001000 9 x Sandown Endurance) born in Melbourne Australia (d. 2006)
26 Feb 1950
Jonathan Cain American rock guitarist & keyboardist (Journey Babys) born in Chicago Illinois
26 Feb 1954
John Bolger American actor (Another World - Captain Gabe McNamara) born in New York City
26 Feb 1958
Tim Kaine US Senator (D-Virginia 2016 Democratic nominee for Vice President born in Saint Paul Minnesota
26 Feb 1588
Nicolaus Erich German composer born in Andisleben Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. Holy Roman Empire (d. 1631)
26 Feb 1675
Johann Philipp Treiber German composer born in Arnstadt Electorate of Saxony (d. 1727)
26 Feb 1770
Antoine Reicha Czech born French composer and teacher friend of Beethoven born in Prague Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1836)
26 Feb 1902
Rudolf Moralt German conductor (Vienna State Opera 1940-58) born in Munich Germany (d. 1958)
26 Feb 1908
Nstor Mesta Chyres Mexican lyric tenor born in Mexico City (d. 1971)
26 Feb 1914
Robert Alda American actor (Supertrain By Popular Demand) born in New York City (d. 1986)
26 Feb 1919
Mason Adams American actor (Lou Grant Deadliest Season) born in New York City (d. 2005)
26 Feb 1924
Mark Bucci American opera theater and film composer and lyricist (1959 Arts & Letters Award) born in New York City (d. 2002)
26 Feb 1926
Arsene Souffriau Belgian pioneering electronic music composer born in Ixelles Belgium (d. 2012)
26 Feb 1928
Aldonis Kalni Latvian compose (Latgal) and pedagogue born in Brakos Uava parish Soviet Union (now Latvia)
26 Feb 1928
John Ewart Australian radio stage and screen actor (The Muddle-Headed Wombat. The Picture Show Man) born in Melbourne Australia (d. 1994)
26 Feb 1928
Monique Leyrac French Canadian singer (Mon Pays) and actress (Act of the Heart) born in Montreal Quebec (d. 2019)
26 Feb 1930
Doug Sandom British drummer (The Who 1962-64) born in Greenford England (d. 2019)
26 Feb 1933
Godfrey Cambridge American actor (Cotton comes to Harlem) born in New York City (d. 1976)
26 Feb 1936
Jos Yudica Argentine soccer forward (4 caps Newells Old Boys Boca Juniors) and manager (Newells Old Boys Quilmes) born in Rosario Argentina (d. 2021)
26 Feb 1943
Dante Ferretti Italian art director and costume designer born in Macerata Italy
26 Feb 1945
Giannis Ioannidis Greek basketball coach (12 Greek League Cship 6 Greek Cup winner GS Larissas Aris Olympiacos AEK Greece 198290) born in Thessaloniki Greece (d. 2023)
26 Feb 1946
Ahmed Zewail Egyptian-American chemist and Nobel laureate (1999) born in Damanhur Egypt (d. 2016)
26 Feb 1950
Billy Steinberg American lyricist and songwriter with Tom Kelly (Like A Virgin True Colors I Touch Myself) born in Palm Springs California
26 Feb 1957
Connie Carpenter-Phinney American cyclist (Olympic gold individual road race 1984 World Cship gold Individual pursuit 1983) born in Madison Wisconsin
26 Feb 1957
Joe Mullen American Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Stanley Cup 1989 Calgary Flames Pittsburgh Penguins 1991 92 NHL All Star 1988 89) born in New York City
26 Feb 1964
Mark Dacascos American actor and martial artist born in Honolulu Hawaii
26 Feb 1587
Stefano Landi Italian opera composer (Il SantAlessio) and teacher born in Rome Papal States (d. 1639)
26 Feb 1671
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury English politician and philosopher born in London (d. 1713)
26 Feb 1672
Antoine Augustine Calmet French Benedictine monk and theologian born in Mnil-la-Horgne France (d. 1757)
26 Feb 1675
Johann Philipp Treiber German composer born in Arnstadt Electorate of Saxony. Holy Roman Empire (d. 1727)
26 Feb 1677
Nicola Fago Italian baroque composer born in Taranto Kingdom of Naples (d. 1745)
26 Feb 1714
James Hervey English clergyman and writer known for Meditations among the Tombs born in Northamptonshire (d. 1758)
26 Feb 1720
Gian Francesco Albani Italian Catholic cardinal born in Rome (d. 1803)
26 Feb 1772
Caspar Frstenau German flautist and composer born in Mnster Prince-Bishopric of Mnster Holy Roman Empire (d. 1819)
26 Feb 1799
mile Clapeyron French engineer and physicist who designed steam locomotives born in Paris (d. 1864)
26 Feb 1808
Nathan Kelley American architect active mainly in Ohio (Ohio Statehouse) born in Union Township Ohio (d. 1871)
26 Feb 1814
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville French geologist who studied volcanoes born on St. Thomas British Virgin Islands (d. 1876)
26 Feb 1831
Filippo Marchetti Italian opera composer born in Bolognola Papal States (d. 1902)
26 Feb 1838
Wendelin Weiheimer German composer and conductor born in Osthofen Rhine Province Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1910)
26 Feb 1858
Vladimir Serbsky Russian psychiatrist professor and writer (The Forensic Psychopathology) born in Bogorodsk Russian Empire (d. 1917)
26 Feb 1867
Siegfried Passarge German geographer (Cameroon South Africa born in Knigsberg Prussia (d. 1958) [or Nov 28 1866]
26 Feb 1874
Carl Vogler Swiss composer born in Oberrohrdorf Switzerland (d. 1951)
26 Feb 1884
Dina Appeldoorn Dutch pianist and composer born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1938)
26 Feb 1885
Aleksandras Stulginskis Russian-Lithuanian politician nationalist (President of Lithuania 1920-26) farmer and political prisoner (Soviet gulag 1941-56) born in Kutaliai Russian Empire (d. 1969)
26 Feb 1887
Stefan Grabinski Polish horror writer known as the Polish Poe born in Kamionka Strumiowa Austrian Empire (d. 1936)
26 Feb 1896
Tauno Hannikainen Finnish cellist and conductor (Turku Symphony 192939 Duluth Symphony 194246 Helsinki Philharmonic 1950-63) born in Jyvskyl Grand Duchy of Finland Russian Empire (d. 1968)
26 Feb 1899
Max Petitpierre Swiss politician (Swiss Federal Council) President of the Diplomatic Conference that adopted the Geneva Conventions born in Neuchatel Switzerland (d. 1994) [1]
26 Feb 1908
Leela Majumdar Indian Bengali writer known for her works for children born in Calcutta British India (d. 2007)
26 Feb 1908
Nstor Mesta Chyres Mexican lyric tenor born in Mexico City Mexico (d. 1971)
26 Feb 1909
Talal bin Abdullah King of Jordan (1951-52) established modern constitution forced to abdicate due to mental illness born in Mecca Ottoman Empire (d. 1972)
26 Feb 1911
Tar Okamoto Japanese avant-garde artist and art theorist born in Takatsu Japan (d. 1996)
26 Feb 1914
Witold Rowicki Polish conductor and composer born in Taganrog Russia (d. 1989)
26 Feb 1920
Lucjan Wolanowski Polish journalist writer and traveller born in Warsaw Poland (d. 2006)
26 Feb 1922
(Bernard) Bunny Briggs American tap dancer born in Harlem New York City (d. 2014)
26 Feb 1925
Dave Pell American big band jazz saxophonist (Les Brown) bandleader (Dave Pell Octet) and record producer born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 2017)
26 Feb 1927
Tom Kennedy [James Narz] American television game show host (You Dont Say Name That Tune Split Second) born in Louisville Kentucky (d. 2020)
26 Feb 1928
Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 7 Soyuz 16) born in Davydovka USSR (d. 2022)
26 Feb 1930
Lazar Berman Russian pianist (Budapest 3rd place - 1956) born in Leningrad Russia (d. 2005)
26 Feb 1931
Francisco Kroepfl Swabian-Argentinian contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer born in Timioara Romania (d. 2021)
26 Feb 1933
George Tindley American soul singer and songwriter (The Dreams The Red Caps) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
26 Feb 1933
James Goldsmith French-British business tycoon and politician (Member of European Parliament 1994-97 founder of UKs Referendum Party) born in Paris France (d. 1997)
26 Feb 1943
Paul Cotton American country-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Poco - Heart of the Night) born in Los Angeles California (d. 2021) [1]
26 Feb 1956
Alan Trautwig American sports commentator (MSG Network ABC NBC NBC Sports Network USA Network NY Knicks NY Rangers) born in Oceanside New York (d. 2025)
26 Feb 1770
Antoine Reicha Czech born French composer and teacher friend of Beethoven born in Prague Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1836)
26 Feb 1875
Richard Wetz German composer (Requiem Op. 50 in B minor) born in Gleiwitz Upper Silesia (d. 1935)
26 Feb 1882
Alf Newey English jockey (Grand National 1907 Eremon Scottish Grand National 1906 Welsh Champion Hurdle 1923) born in at Cradley Heath England (d. 1940)
26 Feb 1900
Halina Konopacka Polish athlete (Olympic gold discus 1928 Womens World Games gold discus 1926 30) born in Rawa Mazowiecka Poland (d. 1989)
26 Feb 1921
Betty Hutton [Elizabeth June Thornburg] American actress dancer singer and comedienne (Greatest Show on Earth) born in Battle Creek Michigan (d. 2007)
26 Feb 1933
A.K. Best American fisherman and master fly tier born in Glidden Iowa (d. 2025)
26 Feb 1947
Guy Klucevsek American jazz and free-improv accordionist and composer born in New York City (d. 2025) [1]
26 Feb 1950
Billy Steinberg American lyricist and songwriter (with Tom Kelly - Like A Virgin True Colors I Touch Myself) born in Palm Springs California (d. 2026) [1]
26 Feb 1950
Larry Brooks American Hockey HOF journalist (New York Post) born in NYC New York (d. 2025)
26 Feb 1954
John Bolger American actor (Another World General Hospital) born in New York City
26 Feb 1956
Al Trautwig American sports commentator (MSG Network ABC NBC NBC Sports Network USA Network NY Knicks NY Rangers) born in Oceanside New York (d. 2025)
26 Feb 1957
Keena Rothhammer American swimmer (Olympic gold 800m freestyle 1972 WR 853.68 World Cship gold 200m freestyle 1973) born in Little Rock Arkansas
26 Feb 1958
Greg Germann American actor (Ally McBeal Greys Anatomy) born in Houston Texas
26 Feb 1959
Rolando Blackman American basketball guard (NBA All-Star 1985 86 87 90 Dallas Mavs NY Knicks Italian Cup MVP 1996 Olimpia Milano) born in Panama City Panama
26 Feb 1962
Sheila Cornell American International Softball Federation HOF infielder (Olympic gold 1996 2000) born in Los Angeles California
26 Feb 1964
Mark Dacascos American martial artist television personality and actor (Iron Chef America John Wick Chapter 3 - Parabellum) born in Honolulu Hawaii
26 Feb 1967
Currie Graham Canadian actor (NYPD Blue Assault on Precinct 13) born in Hamilton Ontario
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